Seventh Man review

In “The Seventh Man,” which statement best summarizes what happens to the seventh man in the weeks following K.’s death?

• falls ill and has nightmares

• he moves away

• he goes into counseling

• spends hours studying k's work

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What best describes the seventh man’s reaction to K.’s death in “The Seventh Man”?

• He feels hurt because he thinks K. blamed him for K.’s death.

• 1. He feels hurt because K.’s death has left him without a friend.

• He feels responsible for K.’s death because he lied to K. about the storm.

• He feels responsible for K.’s death because he thinks he could have saved K

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In “The Seventh Man,” why does the seventh man’s view of the past begin to change?

• Studying K.’s art, he remembers that K. was gentle and realizes that his last look was not one of hatred.

• After his father dies, he returns home and realizes that he did not need to move to Nagano.

• Studying K.’s art, he realizes that K. would not have minded dying in the wave.

• After his father dies, he realizes that it was the second wave, not the first, that killed K.

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In “The Seventh Man,” what is the most important discovery that the seventh man makes when he returns to his hometown?

• He discovers that K. was a gentle soul

• He learns that his father dies of cancer

• The town stayed the same as when he was a boy.

• He realizes that the dark shadow of K.’s death has left him.

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1. In which circumstances is a person most likely to be entranced? (Entranced is a bolded word in the text)

• when watching a beautiful sunset

• when hearing a window break in a storm

• when looking for a lost wallet

• when saying goodbye to old friends

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If a person experiences profound sorrow, which of the following must be true?

• the person's feeling of sorrow will last briefly

• the person's feeling of sorry is deep and intense

• the person appears to feel sorry but does not really

• the person thinks long and hard about his or her feelings

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Whar inspires the seventh man to return to his hometown

• he wanted to see his old house

• k came back to life

• k's watercolor paintings

• he wanted to go back to the beach

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Which of the following BEST describes the mood established in this detail from the frame of the narrative? "The small group that huddled in a circle could hear the wind tearing through the darkness outside, heading west" (2).

• Violent

• Ominous

• meditative

• angry

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What is a frame story?

• organization of words and types of sentences used by the writer

• a story that brackets another story, a story within a story

• a scene from the past that interrupts the present action of a story

• word choice the author uses

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What is a flashback?

• organization of words and types of sentences used by the writer

• a story that brackets another story, a story within a story

• a scene from the past that interrupts the present action of a story

• word choice the author uses

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